Tire-protector.



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' and substantially super-posed relatively oil the disks of the next set andwe have so' mail had o L'UTS METERS, TSIDOR TIIEYERS, .ANH It? TB/E-PROTECTOl?.

terasse Specication of Letters Bateiit.

application led August 2, 1916, Serial No. liteit.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, TioUis Marcas, TsrDoR Mnriins, and HARRY WEADERHORN, citirens,A

of the United States, residing at 139 East 76th St., New York, in the county of New York and Sta-te of New York, have invented new and useful'linprovements in Tire-Protectors, of which the following, is a speci-- cation. I l This invention relates to' tire protectors and particularly to protectors i'or pneumatic automobile tires i t The principal object of the invention resides in the provision of means interposed between the fab-ric layers of the body of the shoe and designed whereby to lend to the resiliency of the. tire and to `preserve and guard the shoe against blow outs incident vtoiany over crowding ci the inner tube with' in the provision oit a protector which will include a flexible armor made of a series of sets oi thin metal disks, the disks' oit each set being arranged in overlapping relation constructed the disks oi the described mat- 'ing` sets and connected the saine Vwith eachy other whereby to prevent any portionstoit the .tire irorn being unduly ingured.

We further aim to provide a icienible armorI consisting or flexible disks and a relatively yieldable trarne supporting all or said disks and constructed so as to per-init the saine to cree' circuinicerentially ci the tire: and

` the tire inflat lthrough only ior su to compensa'- thetiie, suchv subjected to c ordinary' rc ons of time when; it

en shocks or 'ars or dih'ere respectively, observed that ser, ie also backing or 'l s disl's o prevent any detriin they are brot@ jects such is 'act foreign oh the like which may' s a 1 Figure l the protect A further object oi the invention resides as he necessary may hel "of the saine when .o

Fig. 3 is a similar View showing1 the il irible 4armor surface applied thereto.

Fig. el is a. sectionl on the line l--Zl oit lig. 3.

Tn carrying' the invention into practice, use is A'made of la resilient traine l, constructedv of mesh material, Vwhich consists of wirestrands interwoven or otherwise suitably secured together whereby the ineshes 2 between the strands are substantially oli' diamond shape. This 'trame is interposed between plies of cloth and' the same is 4inserted or built up between the layers of tern tile material or canvas 3, usually employed in an ordinary' tire structure.. The niention'e'd iraniel is'o't asize whereby it will extend entirely around the tire and it is terminally provided with sides d-Ll which are bent `outwardly at 5 and arranged in the attaching'ga flanges 6 ci the tire whereby to reinforce Asaid danges.

The marginal edges oi? the portions 5 are connected with continuous reiniorcinpgn wires or rings (l the tire vbeinp,I -punc'tured'by 'ltoreiggn objects vnichv may penetrate the walls oit the shoe, which consists vide a vilenible arinor Patented Nov.. 23th, 'ledit n Fig; 2 is a plan of a portion ci? the resilient iframe.

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setfo' disks 8v and a similar set oit disks The traine lll if ndwiched between said disks and is illissi ated in il, the dislrs ci the respective sets are arranged in relatively overlapping relation. They are disposed in close contact with the l and i w thereof, said a rs reiniorced e cross s rends ci ire whichA constitute Laine. ie outer dislrs 8 are toiined said ' of while inner disks are reierahl constructed ci copper and' they are pro e A li are riveted at l rough lll@ llldll ingly take up said Shocks and jars.

ture will properly accommodate itself to,

various changes in thecondition of the tire shoe. When the tire is made to undergo severe uses and it is compelled to receive sudden jars, the metallic frame l Will yield- The disks 8 and 9, through'the fact that they are connected by the Shanks 10 are held against circumferential creeping beyond a certain extent around the shoe. What is claimed as new is A The combination with a resilient tire, of a protecting and strengthening member emihr/,eee

bedded therein, `comprising in combination a resilient frame extending entirely aroundI the tire and conforming transversely With the cross sectional shape of thetire, spaced `diagonally arranged interwoven strands of Wire carried bysaid. frame and defining rectangular openings, overlappin metal disks arranged upon the opposite si es of the diagonally arranged Wire strands and Shanks connecting the opposite disks, said Shanks being of lesser diameter than the recta-ngular openings, for permittine' a limited'. relative movement of the overlapping disks.

ln testimony whereof .We affix our signaf tures.

LOUIS MEYERS. lSl'DOR MEYERS. HARRY WEADERHORN. 

